I cannot recall, in any of my reading, a single instance of a prophet who applied for the job.

Jesus Christ our Lord surrendered in order that He might win; He destroyed His enemies by dying for them and conquered death by allowing death to conquer Him.

No one can long worship God in spirit and in truth before the obligation to holy service becomes too strong to resist.

When we are enjoying the conscious presence of God, we are fulfilling the tenets of our salvation.

To great sections of the church the art of worship has been lost entirely, and in its place has come that strange and foreign thing called the 'program.' This word has been borrowed from the stage and applied with sad wisdom to the type of public service which now passes for worship among us.

Father, may my song today be a sweet sound in Your ears-even if in Yours alone. Amen.

We boast in the Lord but watch carefully that we never get caught depending on Him.